Since ice hockey is one of the most popular sports around the world, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that there are many free ice hockey games out there for you to play – many of them being fairly realistic as well.
The game Ice Hockey for example gives you the opportunity to hone your accuracy skills and ability with the mouse. You take control of an attacking player and your object is to get the puck into the net while trying to avoid the defenders. Your computer mouse is all you need to play as this is used for both direction and power; although the temptation may be to hit the puck with all your strength, this can affect its accuracy so a combination of both is needed for success.
If it is realism in graphics that you look for with ice hockey games then Molson Pro Hockey perhaps comes closest to the real thing. Visually very good for a flash based game with realistic players and background, the object is similar to the aforementioned Ice Hockey game as you take over an attacking player and the mission is to score past the goalkeeper however it is slightly easier as the puck does not move about as much as in Ice Hockey and you do not have any defenders helping to guard the goal.
Not only are these games realistic and free to play but they also have a built in multiplayer mode where you can challenge your friends and see who can get the most points. Graphically Molson Pro Hockey probably edges it but they are both very enjoyable, easy to learn and considering that all you need is your mouse to set the direction and power of the puck, you will be able to become a pro in no time.
